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洒

sǎ

sprinkle

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 西 represents the sound. Simplified form of 灑.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

西 sound component

西  Sound component

xī

  

west

Evolution

洒 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
洒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
洒 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
洒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

洒 (灑) 

sǎ

sprinkle, splash; scatter, throw; to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed

Most common words with 洒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

洒

to spray

潇洒

free and easy

洒脱

natural

喷洒

to spray

挥洒

to sprinkle

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.s<r>ərʔ

sreaX

sǎ

sprinkle

*[s]ˤərʔ

sejX

xǐ

wash


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 7.0959% of movies

2308th most common character in movies

2283rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

灑

Unicode

U+6D12

Shuowen

“洒，滌也。从水，西聲。古文為灑埽字。”


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